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Informationen zum Autor Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005). Stephanie Dennison is Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Leeds. She is co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005) and Remapping World Cinema: Identity, Politics and Culture in Film (2006). Klappentext This wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era, setting the context for a detailed study of more recent international box-office hits. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era, setting the context for a detailed study of more recent international box-office hits. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Cinema and the State 1. The First Republic (1889–1930) 2. The Vargas Years (1930–45) and (1951–4) 3. Filmmaking and the Dictatorship (1964–84) 4. Cinema and Redemocratization (1984–2006) Part II: Defining ‘National’ Cinema, 1896 to 1960 5. The Pioneers 6. The Chanchada, the Only Brazilian Genre? Part III: Defining ‘National’ Cinema since 1960 7. Cinema Novo 8. Pornochanchada 9. The Nation in Contemporary Cinema Part IV: Brazilian Identities on Screen: Stars 10. The Stars of the Chanchadas, 1933–1960 11. Icons of Popular Culture post-1960 12. Bombshells: Pin-Up Actresses post-1960
